Kumeyaay

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The Kumeyaay, also know as the Diegueño, are a Native American people of the extreme southwestern United States. They live in California and the Mexican state of Baja California Norte.

They are divided into three bands. Along the coast two bands were separated by the San Diego River. The northern Ipai (including Escondido to Lake Henshaw) and the southern Tipai (including Laguna Mountains, Ensenada, and Tecate)). The Kamia band occupied the Sonoran desert out to Yuma, Arizona.